Editing Fan convention (section)

{{Short description|Gathering of fans of a topic}}
{{Refimprove|date=May 2009}}[[File:Comic Frontier 12 Crowd.jpg|thumb|[[Comic Frontier]], a doujinshi convention held in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia]][[File:Animecon 2007 cosplay.jpg|thumb|Two young women cosplaying as ''[[Pokemon]]'' characters [[Jigglypuff]] and [[Pikachu]] during the 2007 [[Animecon (Finland)|Animecon]] in [[Jyväskylä]], Finland]]

A '''fan convention''' (also known as a '''con''' or '''fan meeting''') is an event in which [[Fan (person)|fans]] of a particular topic gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other. Some also incorporate commercial activity. The term dates back to at least 1942.<ref name="Coppa in Hellekson and Busse">{{Citation  | first = Francesca  | last = Coppa |author-link=Francesca Coppa | editor-last = Hellekson| editor-first = Karen |editor-link1=Karen Hellekson | editor2-last = Busse
|editor2-first = Kristina |editor-link2= Kristina Busse | contribution = A Brief History of Media Fandom| title = Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet| year = 2006| page = 43| place = Jefferson, North Carolina| publisher = [[McFarland & Company]]| isbn = 978-0-7864-2640-9| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgZsi_DOKoQC&pg=PA43}}</ref>